[Link] Inside a Booming Black Market for Heroin in the Shadow of the Himalayas

Read: 19/11/2021 www.vice.com

We spoke to a dealer who dodges Indian soldiers and checkpoints to sell drugs in the world’s most militarised zone. Srinagar, KASHMIR – Javed has been looking over his shoulder more often than he'd like.

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[Link] 900 Detained After Seven ‘Targeted Killings’ in the World’s Most Militarized Zone

Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com

Teachers. A principal. And a well-known pharmacist. They were all shot dead in broad daylight last week in India-controlled Kashmir, heightening fear in the world’s most militarized zone. 

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